On Christmas Day of the 39th year, Yamamoto 56 gathered some of his best generals at the headquarters of the Combined Fleet of the Navy, and held a small tea party. The generals present were Tabun Yamaguchi, Jizaburo Ozawa, Ryunosuke Kusaka, Kameto Kuroshima, and Takijiro Onishi.

In the past 39 years, the army has lost the power to advance in China, and China has begun a strategic confrontation. However, in view of the inherent contradictions between the navy and the army, the army of the army was much better, after all, the army of the army had looted a large amount of supplies from China. As far as the navy is concerned, it has received a lot of accusations from all sides, and after the outbreak of the radical young officers of the navy in Europe, it is even more like a chicken blood, screaming and demanding that the navy go south. The call for a military alliance with Germany is even louder.

Because of the alliance with Germany, the navy was opposed. The army and navy were split, and one after another, some officers of the Shaozhuang faction began to openly criticize a small number of high-ranking officers who were pro-US or opposed to the Three Kingdoms Axis as "harming the interests that the Three Kingdoms deserve." Those who were criticized included Mitsumasa Yonechi, Vice Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, and Navy Chief of the Navy Military Affairs Bureau, Rear Admiral Inoue Narumi. This was the so-called troika of the Navy's anti-war in later generations. However, we must not think that Yamamoto Isoroku and others oppose war with the United States and are peace-loving, but that they have no chance of winning.

On September 1, 1939, on the day of the German invasion of Poland, Isoroku Yamamoto was appointed commander of the Combined Fleet and First Fleet by Mitsumasa Yonechi. This was one of Mitsumasa's last moves before he stepped down, allowing Yamamoto to work on a naval ship, and Mitsumasa Yonechi was certain that if Yamamoto Fifty-six remained on shore, he would be assassinated by the people who did not know the truth as a national thief in 1939.

In the 39th year, the whole of the book had already begun to enter the madness of the national surname, and the rare "American-phobic wise" faction in the Admiralty was squeezed out of the decision-making level. For Yamamoto Isoroku, the recent Yuzi is actually not very good, and it seems that he is quite glamorous in the position of commander of the Combined Fleet, but in fact, it does not completely unify the thinking of his subordinates, and the proportion of Admiral Yumoto who asks for an attack in the south is quite high.

In fact, even though the naval officers who attended the symposium were all close associates of Isoroku Yamamoto, many of them advocated an alliance with Germany and immediately went south.

The reason for the recent war is that it needs oil and steel, and without these two materials, it will be difficult to sustain the war of aggression against China. In addition, submarine attacks by the Maritime Resistance Force have caused great damage to the trade and navy in the South China Sea. Such attacks will not be deterred without effective control of Southeast Asia.

In '38 and '39, the piecemeal fighting of the Maritime Resistance Army caused huge losses to the shipping of Yueben, and 300,000 tons of merchant ships were sunk alone. The navy was also killed by the naval resistance forces, and more than 20,000 tons of warships were killed. The Naval Resistance Force has now become a thorn in the side of the navy. Not only did the navy itself suffer losses, but the people, especially the traders, criticized the navy. It is said that the navy is almost everyone in the country shouting and fighting.

Yamamoto Fifty-six smiled at his generals and said, "Even if you control the South China Sea and Southeast Asia, can you avoid submarine attacks?" Do you have any good ways to deal with submarines? ”

The first to fight with the Naval Resistance Army was Yamaguchi Tawen, seeing that everyone's eyes turned to him, Yamaguchi Tawen said: "I'm ashamed, I haven't found an effective means to deal with the submarine of the Maritime Resistance Army, but I just think that in addition to being brave, we should pay more attention to technical means, such as sonar, etc." However, the equipment used by the Imperial Navy now hardly meets the needs of anti-submarine operations. ”

Jizaburo Ozawa interjected: "Yamaguchi-kun doesn't have to be presumptuous, our naval fleet does not have a very good way to deal with submarines during exercises. It's not your responsibility alone, it's up to all of us. ”

Ozawa Jizaburo is a sneak attack on the Pixiu who has not personally experienced the sea resistance army, so he naturally speaks easily. He didn't know that Yamaguchi was almost vomiting blood from the Pixiu's sneak attack. Yamaguchi Tawen has painstakingly studied several tactics against submarines, and has been hoping to fight the naval resistance forces again. However, the Naval Resistance Force did not appear in the North Pacific at all, and turned around to launch an attack in the South China Sea, and the Fifth Fleet suffered heavy losses.

The staff officer of the Combined Fleet, Heidao Ghost, said: "Judging from all indications, the China Navy has only one submarine, and against this submarine, the Imperial Navy has already lost too much. There is no doubt that it is unrealistic to wait for the opponent to send it to the door, and I think it is imperative to find the lair of the Shina Navy and annihilate it in one fell swoop. ”

This Black Island Turtle Man is an outlier in the Navy, and in the Navy, which is generally influenced by the British Navy and pays great attention to appearance, this guy has always been unkempt. The severity of it can be known by just looking at the emptiness around the Black Island Turtle Man's seat right now. This guy is covered in a stench, and it is said that no one has ever seen the Black Island turtle man bathing.

However, this Black Island Turtle Man is very valued by Yamamoto Fifty-six, although Admiral Yamamoto does not want to see this guy, but looking at Commander Yamamoto Fifty-Six's face, there are few people who are embarrassed for him, and this guy is indeed a little talented. No, as soon as he opened his mouth, he was going to dig Li Guang's lair.

Everyone who was present knew that even if it was a submarine, it would need a logistics base to maintain and replenish supplies. The Naval Resistance Force undoubtedly has a logistics base. But according to information from Uruguay, the base of the Naval Resistance Force is not in Uruguay. The vast sea and many islands are like looking for a needle in a haystack to find a base for the Maritime Resistance Army.

Yamamoto Fifty-six was very appreciative and said to the Kuroshima turtle: "Kuroshima's is very thoughtful. ”

Yamaguchi waved his hand and ordered the naval soldiers who served to go out, looked at the generals present, and said: "According to reliable information, the base of the Naval Resistance Force is Easter Island in the South Pacific. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the officers present became excited, and they all clamored to dispatch the fleet immediately.

Yamamoto said: "The foreign minister has made some arrangements, and according to the plan of the military department, he is ready to persuade the Chilean political axe to eliminate the naval resistance army. ”

Yamaguchi said: "I have heard of this island, it is located in the center of the ocean, why don't we line up a fleet?" ”

Yamamoto said: "For the sake of politics and international politics, our navy is not suitable to make such a move during the sensitive period of the European war. ”

Yamamoto is well aware that the whole of South America is now in a state of vacillation, and there are those who are inclined to Germany and Italy, as well as those who are inclined to Britain and France, and if we look at the incident that has just occurred in Germany, we know that the two military blocs are now courting South America. Now, if the fleet goes to fight in the South Pacific, it is very likely to arouse the hostility of South American countries towards him. Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has offered a considerable price, and it is a good policy to persuade Chile to send its navy to annihilate the naval resistance forces. And since the United States has begun to restrict imports, it is also a good way to obtain non-ferrous metals from Chile, a neutral country. As far as the Ben is concerned, the settlement of the Maritime Resistance Army through diplomatic means is also a matter of overall consideration. However, these admirals still felt distressed by the price paid by them. Xiao said that the United States, which is not wealthy, once bought 50,000 tons of non-ferrous metals from Chile at a price 30 percent higher than the market. Even so, convincing those Chilean politicians at such a price that the little devil's minister in Chile, Kurata Shuichi, can be regarded as using his strength to eat milk.

According to the information obtained by Li Guang, Yamamoto Isoroku was actually not a real general in the Navy, and Yamamoto Fifty-six, who had been working in the military and political departments, was also a rare person in the Navy who had hardly ever served as a captain, except for the temporary captain of the light cruiser "Isuzu" for four months in 1928 and the captain of the aircraft carrier Akagi at the end of 1928. He only served as captain for a year, and more often than not, he was engaged in administrative work, which was a bureaucrat. However, Yamamoto is good at uniting naval generals, and he can be regarded as very capable of bringing together generals with different political views.

Yamamoto, who has been mixed in the military and political fields for a long time, has a unique way of employing people, and although he is not a politician, he is very political. In Yamamoto's view, the treaty faction, the fleet faction, the aviation main force faction, and the big ship and giant artillery faction are all called soldiers, and the argument is only about technical issues, and there is no need to go online and make you live and die, so all kinds of people under Yamamoto gather together. Of course, not to mention the main force of the fleet faction, Nagumo Tadaichi, the big ship and giant artillery faction, and the main aviation faction of Onishi Takijiro can also be mixed like a fish in water, and finally climbed to the deputy head of the military command department. You must know that if Onishi Takijiro, who does not have a history of Hai University, is in the army, he will not even be able to enter the gate of the General Staff Headquarters. This approach, at best, is to engage in all corners of the world, not to engage in small groups, but at worst it is to make mud, so the entire combined fleet under the leadership of Yamamoto does not have a quasi-idea, each with a set, and Yamamoto can't see it, or pretend not to see it, because he doesn't know what to do when he sees it, and Yamamoto's heavenly surname doesn't seem to fire people squid.

And this is a central figure in the Navy. In terms of strategy for dealing with the Navy, a politician was adopted, hoping to persuade Chile to destroy the bases of the Navy's resistance through diplomacy.

On the contrary was Li Guang, who, in his short fighting career, became more and more violent and preferred to use force. In the defense of the Statues, he did not think of winning over Chile at all, and even deliberately kept Chile secret, and made every effort to strengthen the defense of the Statues.

Although Admiral Yamamoto did not agree with Yamamoto's remark that he would use diplomacy to eliminate the Naval Resistance Army, not many people expressed dissent under Yamamoto's great prestige. But the topic that followed made the navy a little indignant.

The reason is that the 5th Division and the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division of the Army were almost completely wiped out in the Battle of Kunlun Pass in the Battle of Guinan, and even the brigade commander Nakamura Masao was killed by the Chinese army. Originally, this had nothing to do with the navy, but the army protested against the navy. It is said that the reason for the failure was that the Fifth Division was attacked by the Pixiu No. 1 submarine before landing in Qinzhou Bay, and although it did not sink a single ship, the Fifth Division lost more than 300 soldiers and a large number of heavy equipment, and its morale was damaged.

This thing is purely a reason for the army to lose the battle itself. This, of course, made the admirals indignant. These admirals were quite restrained when discussing the naval resistance forces. When talking about the Army, he began to make a lot of nonsense.

Yamamoto Isoroku is accustomed to this, and it is said that the contradiction between the navy and the army has a long history, and even if you are the commander of the combined fleet, Yamamoto has no good way to resolve this contradiction. It is important to know that the root of this contradiction is only one --- resource.

The small capital resources are scarce, and if there is more for the navy, the army will inevitably have less. This contradiction is irreconcilable.

However, after the navy occupied Hainan Island, it also tasted a little sweetness. There are three things that Hainan Island values the most, the first is iron ore, the second is rubber, and the third is rice.

The Pixiu once sank a ship transporting ore, but with the increase in the development of the Japanese army, gradually the iron ore has begun to create benefits for the Japanese navy. In fact, Su Qing's main combat targets were the Tiandu Iron Mine and the Shilu Iron Mine.

Nobutake Kondo is now able to serve as the Vice-Minister of the Admiralty, a position previously held by Isoroku Yamamoto. In fact, it has a lot to do with this, and he commands Hainan, which is occupied by the navy and army, and can create benefits for the navy. Yamamoto Fifty-six listened patiently for a long time, and the admirals under him were tired of making nonsense.

Yamamoto Fifty-six was very good at grasping the atmosphere, and said to a rear admiral next to him: "Hara-kun, the strength of the second detachment is now enriched, and I ask Hara-kun to work harder." ”

The so-called Yuan Jun is Rear Admiral Yuan Zhongyi, who is now the chief of staff of the Second Dispatch China Fleet. That is, Takasu Shiro's subordinates. After Ren Tianyang made a series of torpedoes and arrows and hit eight warships in a row, he frightened Takasu Shiro. Fortunately, none of them were sunk, otherwise they would have had to be seppuku. After that, successive requests for additional troops from the upper peak.

In the end, it was Kondo Nobutake who was generous and transferred the Third Air Force to the Second Dispatch Fleet. Now Takasu Shiro's strength has been greatly enhanced, and not only the entire Fifth Fleet, but also the Third Air Fleet, which is regarded as a treasure by the Honmoto Navy.

Although this Third Air Force is not as elite as the First and Second Air Forces, it has two small aircraft carriers, which is already a force that many admirals are jealous of. These are not so-called seaplane carriers, but two real aircraft carriers. Don't look at the fact that most of the admirals still value battleships, but no one will refuse to have a few more warships under their command.

Tadaichi Hara was very grateful to be personally questioned by Yamamoto Isoroku. He immediately stood up, gave a military salute, and said, "Commander Takasu has made arrangements and strengthened anti-submarine training. ”

Hara Tadaichi is also in his early fifties, and he is very respectful to Yamamoto, who is four or five years older than him. Yamamoto Fifty-six said very casually: "Sit, don't be so polite." If you have time, you can exchange more anti-submarine experience with Yamaguchi-kun. ”

"Hey."

Yamamoto Isoroku's personal charm can be seen, Yamaguchi Tashi is against war with the United States and Britain, while Hara Tadaichi is an authentic radical. Under the mediation of Yamamoto Isoroku, these two guys, who usually quarrel when they meet, study tactics together, which can be regarded as a great progress.

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